Dr. Nancy Tatarek
The Anthropology program announces ANTH 4470/5470: Forensic Anthropology in Summer 2017.
This is a short course taught four days per week across three weeks, from May 9 to May 26.
Forensic anthropology is a sub-discipline of applied physical anthropology. It deals with the identification of human remains in situations that generally result in litigation, both civil and criminal.
The course is taught by Dr. Nancy Tatarek, a physical anthropologist with specializations in skeletal biology and forensic anthropology.
ANTH 4470/5470 is open to undergraduate and graduate students. It meets on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays from 3:05-4:25 p.m.
The field of forensic anthropology blends the skills of archaeological field techniques, determining a “biological profile,” skeletal pathology and trauma, and factors of personal identification.
Forensic anthropologists recover and analyze remains unrecognizable by conventional methods.
Questions of personal identification may relate to suicide, homicide, missing persons, and natural disasters.
Working in teams with others, forensic anthropologists identify the deceased and render opinions relevant to time and manner of death.
Increasing utilization of forensic anthropologists by federal, state and local agencies indicates the value of the field.
By the end of this short course, students should be familiar with the basics of forensic anthropology.
This course is not intended to train individuals as forensic anthropologists.
To enroll, students must have completed ANTH 2010 or LET 1450 or BIOS 1710. Students who do not meet the prerequisite are encouraged to contact Tatarek directly at tatarek@ohio.edu for a green slip.
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